Personal website of Simon Ives, FCPHR, MBA — practitioner-writer at the intersection of workforce strategy, AI governance, and organisational design.
Live at simonives.com · Published via GitHub Pages
This site is the professional credibility hub for Simon Ives. It sits alongside Phronesis — a Substack publication on practical wisdom for enterprise transformation — and LinkedIn as the third leg of a deliberate platform architecture.
The site is intentionally static: no CMS, no server-side processing, no dependency bloat. Every design and editorial decision serves a single audience — senior enterprise leaders and conference organisers arriving with a specific problem to solve.
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Markup | Semantic HTML5 |
| Styling | CSS3 — custom properties, no framework |
| Scripting | Vanilla JavaScript |
| Hosting | GitHub Pages — custom domain via CNAME |
| Contact form | Web3Forms |
| Display typeface | Cormorant Garamond (Google Fonts) |
| Body typeface | Inter (Google Fonts) |
| File | Display name | Role |
|---|---|---|
index.html | Home | Hero, positioning, primary CTAs |
doctrine.html | Approach | The three foundational practices |
portfolio.html | Track Record | Career case studies and credentials |
briefing.html | Submit a Briefing | Web3Forms contact form |
governance.html | Privacy Policy | Data governance and privacy statement |
insights.html | Phronesis ↗ | Redirects to the Phronesis Substack publication |
The site uses two CSS files loaded in sequence:
style.css— base layer: CSS custom properties, layout primitives, dark-background defaultsstyle-v2.css— UI uplift layer: typography, light/dark theming, component refinements
style-v2.css takes precedence where properties overlap. The cascade is intentional.
The main branch deploys automatically to GitHub Pages. No build step is required — files are served as-is.
The custom domain simonives.com is configured via the CNAME file in the repository root. DNS is managed externally.
Branch strategy:
| Branch | Purpose |
|---|---|
main | Production — live at simonives.com |
dev | Active development — raise a pull request to main when ready |
Changes should always go through dev before merging to main. This prevents accidental deployment of incomplete work to the live site.
The briefing form on briefing.html is processed by Web3Forms. Submissions are routed to the configured email address without any server-side code on this repository. The Web3Forms access key is embedded in the form HTML — this is by design; Web3Forms keys are client-side credentials intended to be public.
The form-backend.gs file in this repository is a legacy Google Apps Script from an earlier implementation. It is retained for reference but is not active.
Full brand, voice, and content standards are maintained in the Phronesis Claude Project system document. All content decisions on this site are governed by those standards.
| Token | Hex | Usage |
|---|---|---|
| Midnight | #1D1832 | Primary dark background |
| Aurum | #C4962A | Accent — headings, CTAs, Φ mark |
| Parchment | #F7F4EE | Light section backgrounds |
| Slate | #4A4468 | Secondary text, dividers |
| Role | Typeface |
|---|---|
| H1, H2 (display) | Cormorant Garamond — serif |
| Body, UI | Inter — system sans-serif |
| Labels, metadata | Inter — uppercase, tracked |
Precise, authoritative, practitioner-led. Australian English throughout — organisation, labour, programme, colour, centre, authorise. Active voice as default. Average sentence length ≤ 25 words.
- Edit the corresponding
.htmlfile to update any page's content - Australian English is non-negotiable throughout
- Page titles follow the format:
[Page name] — Simon Ives - The
langattribute should remainen-AU - Do not commit sensitive credentials, environment files, test payloads, or form artefacts
- Run changes through
devbefore merging tomain
| Platform | URL | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Phronesis (Substack) | enterprisephronesis.substack.com | Primary publication |
| linkedin.com/in/simonives | Professional network |
© 2026 Simon Ives. All rights reserved. See LICENSE for terms.